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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » Aculeata - Ants, Bees and Stinging Wasps » Apoidea (clade Anthophila) - Bees » Leafcutter, Mason, and Resin Bees, and allies (Megachilidae) » Leafcutter, Resin, Mortar, Sharptail, Mason, and Woolcarder bees and relatives (Megachilinae) » Mason bees and relatives (Osmiini) » Mason Bees (Osmia) » Subgenus Osmia (Osmia Subgenus Osmia) » Blue Orchard Bee (Osmia lignaria) » Osmia lignaria propinqua
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Osmia lignaria propinqua - Osmia lignaria - female
Copyright © 2008 Hartmut Wisch

Osmia lignaria propinqua - Osmia lignaria - Female
Above Alamo Pintado Creek, off Figueroa Mtn. Rd., ~1370 ft., Santa Barbara County, California, USA
March 21, 2008
Size: 8.5 mm
Found on Pholistoma auritum (Fiestaflower) in Oak woodland. There were quite a few of these bees, all visiting Fiestaflowers.
Photos taken of a slightly cooled specimen, in natural light.

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Osmia lignaria propinqua - Osmia lignaria - female Osmia lignaria propinqua - Osmia lignaria - female Osmia lignaria propinqua - Osmia lignaria - female
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Contributed by Hartmut Wisch on 23 March, 2008 - 4:03pm

Osmia (Osmia) lignaria propinqua
female
… John S. Ascher, 23 March, 2008 - 4:44pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks, John!
Did the head shot, showing the mandibles, help at all?
… Hartmut Wisch, 23 March, 2008 - 4:50pm login or register to post comments

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